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Pyrit Batch Command takes long time, is it required?

Okay, I've search thru this forum to find info on whether it is really required to run the Pyrit Batch command before running the pyrit crack command (pyrit -r test.cap -e MyOtherNetwork attack_db) to crack WPA, but I didn't find any threads about it so i made this one. From the screenshot above , I've been running the pyrit batch for 24 hrs and it's at 14% from an 11gb wordlist import, it seemed to me the wordlist import is faster than batching. i was just wondering if we could just import the wordlist with pyrit and execute the pyrit crack command without batching? Obviously, I am new to pyrit and I hope you guys would guide me. Thank you. I find this cracking stuff very fun, it's like trying to solve a puzzle

Re: Pyrit Batch Command takes long time, is it required?

Pyrit's fundamental purpose is to create "rainbow tables". Attack functionality wasn't added until later releases. Batching, refers to batch processing all words in the database with a given essid as the salt. If you don't want to create a rainbow table, use attack_passthrough, as previously stated. If you want to create the table, and attack it at the same time use attack_batch. by the way, questions like this, that can be answered by reading a programs documentation REALLY piss people off.(but at least you searched the forums first)

Re: Pyrit Batch Command takes long time, is it required?

Originally Posted by iproute

well for one thing, pyrit always works better on the host, rather than in a VM.

I didn't even know pyrit would work in a vm...

Of course, if you really wanted to have some fun, go to Wal-Mart late at night and ask the greeter if they could help you find trashbags, roll of carpet, rope, quicklime, clorox and a shovel. See if they give you any strange looks. --Streaker69

Re: Pyrit Batch Command takes long time, is it required?

Originally Posted by CKing

Pyrit's fundamental purpose is to create "rainbow tables". Attack functionality wasn't added until later releases. Batching, refers to batch processing all words in the database with a given essid as the salt. If you don't want to create a rainbow table, use attack_passthrough, as previously stated. If you want to create the table, and attack it at the same time use attack_batch. by the way, questions like this, that can be answered by reading a programs documentation REALLY piss people off.(but at least you searched the forums first)

The main reason why I don't want to use Pyrit Batch is because I don't have enough disk space. I only have 30 GB for backtrack and right now it's batching at 16% with 40% of extra space left on hard drive out of the 30GB. So I rather pyrit crack wpa from wordlist directly.

VMware cant use graphics cards on host machines so wont show up in pyrit benchmarks.
You cant use laptop wireless cards either as both these and the GPU cant be seperated from the host machine like a USB device can.

You could use bridge mode to get to the net.

What i have got is a hard drive with BT4 on it which is 12GB parition, enough to install updates and Nvidia drivers etc, then you can put the password file on the other partition.